Physical Therapist

Overview

Life Scape is seeking an interested candidate to join our dynamic and collaborative team as a full-time pediatric Physical Therapist at our outpatient pediatric location in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Life Scape’s therapists play a crucial role in making a positive difference in the lives of the children and families we assist by providing care in a playful, child-centered setting. Our PTs are a valued part of a region-leading pediatric therapy team that provides services for infants, children, and adults facing various health conditions impacting their strength, range of motion, balance, gait, and cardiopulmonary endurance.

The physical therapists within the Life Scape team have access to state-of-the-art technology and equipment, including gait trainers, standers, Solo Step, and the Universal Exercise Unit. They work closely with other PTs and a variety of other therapeutic disciplines, with orthotists/prosthetists and physicians easily reachable. Life Scape has the unique opportunity for providing care to children and adolescents with medically complex and inpatient rehabilitation needs at our specialty hospital.

The ability to specialize within interest areas of adaptive equipment, incontinence, serial casting, and torticollis is encouraged and supported.

Our organizational culture, called The Life Scape Way, is based on our mission of empowering people to live their best life. You would support Life Scape’s vision to be an innovative organization, providing exceptional services and creative solutions for people with varied needs and complex care across their lifespan by demonstrating our values of integrity, compassion, respect, safety and wellbeing, fiscal responsibility, excellence, and accountability.

Comprehensive team including physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and certified orthotist/prosthetists with the ability to access Life Scape psychologists, behavior therapists, and educators for additional support.

Flexible scheduling options in an upbeat and professional work atmosphere (NO WEEKENDS).

Frequent opportunities for personal and professional development through mentorship and training opportunities both on- and off-site. The company fosters leadership and growth in areas in which therapists are interested or want to specialize by providing financial assistance for continuing education.

Ability to advance current programs as well as develop new programs.

Clinical and administrative staff work closely together as mutual goals are to improve our client’s lives.

Foundation assistance for purchasing therapy equipment and supplies.

Education and Experience

• Masters or Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited PT school and current licensure in the state of South Dakota required.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record required in appropriate state.
• Prior Physical Therapy experience with pediatric population preferred.

We Are Driven by Our Mission:
Empowering people to live their best life.

We Have a Vision for Our Future:
Life Scape will be an innovative organization, providing exceptional services and creative solutions for people with varied needs and complex care across their life span. Through collaborative partnerships, Life Scape will become a destination for research, and the development, implementation, and training of technology-based solutions to improve the lives of people we support.

We Lead with Shared Values:
Integrity - Compassion - Respect - Safety and Wellbeing - Fiscal Responsibility - Excellence - Accountability.

Note:

Job postings are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Life Scape is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.

Life Scape is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program